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Vol. 71 No. 1 January/February, 2015

THE LENSPublished bi-monthly by the

AUSTRALIAN PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

2014 WinnersTop entry -

Margaret Gilet, Festival Fiddler

Top colour print of Year -Jenny Davidson, Angry Judge

Commercial print of the year -Helen Mackenzie, Mountain Hut

Slide of the Year -James Heriot, Amelia

Top mono print of the year -Tony Lockerbie, Lauren

Circle 2 Tony Lockerbie Lauren

Circle 6 James Heriot Amelia

Circle 7 Judy Heath From Hunt’sMesa

Circle 9 Jenny Davidson AngryJudge

Circle 14 Margaret Gilet FestivalFiddler

Circle 26 Helen Mackenzie Mountain Hut

Entries were received this year from one monochrome circle, two Commercial circles, one

colour circle and two slide circles. 85 entries camefrom 27 members.

Brian Harvey, many years President of Wollongong Camera Club, was the judge this year.

Angry Judge by Jenny Davidson - Circle 9, Folio 131

Festival Fiddler by Margaret Gilet - Circle 14, Folio 184

Greetings to you all. Having spent most of the past two weeks laying out

the VIGEX catalogue, taking it to the printers this morning,then getting changes late today which require some re-laying out of pages, I certainly appreciate the hard work oureditor Graeme puts into preparing The Lens each time.

I can understand his appreciation of those whoprovide copy in plenty of time (not me this time I amafraid), and thank him for the excellent work he does inputting it together.

Australia has a number of International and NationalSalons each year, and I hope that members who live nearenough get the opportunity to visit them. (Anyone who willbe near Geelong in April can visit the Geelong Gallery tosee the VIGEX display.)

In recent times we have noticed that ourmembership numbers are dwindling.

I know members always take the opportunity toencourage other photographers to join with us, but withmodern society it is often hard to get people to commit tosomething, such as a regular circulation of folios.

In the past people had a sense of commitment andinvolvement with organisations. These days with instantaccess to things, people do not like to wait, or take timedoing things.

I have seen in other organisations this malaise, withdifficulties in thriving clubs of getting people to run them.I heard of one Probus club, membership around 100, whichclosed because no-one was willing to fill the leadershiproles.

With modern generations photography has taken ona different approach. No waiting to develop a film (orgetting the local chemist to do it), then waiting to look atthe contact prints, followed by hours in the darkroom.

Now they push one button to take the picture, andanother set of buttons to send them over the Internet. Thismeans no shoeboxes. I know if I look in the back of ourcupboards I can find a number of old shoeboxes filled withpictures, plus albums, some coming from our parents.

There are probably more pictures taken now in oneday than there were taken a decade ago in one year.

I know I can locate negatives of pictures I took inEngland 50 years ago. It helps having a full set of contactprints filed away. But most pictures are just lost now.

They get put into “cloud” storage, usually never tobe seen again. But why blame the average person, I haveheard well known photographers talking about how manythousands of pictures they had taken on a trip in a week.

Like the old carpenter’s rule of “Measure twice, cutonce”, the maxim should be “Think about your compositionand what you want in the picture, wait for the right momentand take just one picture.” Too many take a series ofpictures and pick the best.

This is followed up with hours of work in PhotoShop,altering colours to get what they want (like sunset clouds),and adding or subtracting unwanted elements. Then theycall themselves photographers. Surely monkeys can do aswell, or even young children. We should coin a new wordfor these “photographs” and let the term just apply tounadulterated works.

Until next time,

Jim Thyer, Hon. President.

President’s Pen Divisional Secretary’sReport

The Lens - January/February, 2015

Circle changes- Athol Blake has joined Circle 9.

David Watts has joined Circle 7. Stephen Straub out of

Circle 24. George Phelpshas resigned from Circle 26 and

APPS owing to health problems.

Circle 21 - the Nature Circle, is running very short of

members. It will accept slides or prints. If anyone is

interested please get in touch with me.

Rita

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Lake George by Keith Smith,Circle 2, Folio 738

Members Gallery . . .



Lauren by Tony Lockerbie -Circle 2, Folio 742

Top Mono Print

Endeavour by David Cooper - Cirle 6, Folio 622

Power Plant by Wolfram Borgis - Circle 7, Folio 652

The Power & The Glory by Margaret Gilet -Circle 14, Folio 182

Circle Reports


Circle 24 - Circle Secretaries

Secretary - Rita England

Folio 111

1st Jenny Davidson Reading CP1st Judy Heath The Golden Pillar S3rd John Pratt Dawn Silhouette CP

With the folding of Circle 20 it means that we havenow lost Stephen Straub as a member of Circle 24.

Circle 7 - General Colour Slides

Secretary - Judy Heath

Folio 660

1st Judy Heath Mona, San Francisco2nd John North Grass Trees at Sunset3rd Peter Robinson Cottage Window

Folio 6611st John North Hang Glider 22nd Peter Robinson Backlit Grass3rd Judy Heath Sossusvlei Landscape I

Stephen Straub Storm’s EndWolfram Borgis Rainforest near Waratah

The folios are moving along OK. They always getback to me in time to send out again.

Circle 21 - 35mm Nature Colour Slides/Prints

Secretary - Dorothy Deverell

Folio 582

1st Judy Heath The Horsehoe Bend2nd Wolfram Borgis Bearded Iris I3rd Peter Robinson Big Smile

Folio 583

1st Peter Robinson GalahJudy Heath Dawn Mono Lake

2nd Wolfram Borgis Rannunculus Close Up3rd Dorothy Deverell Canal Rocks

Folio 584

1st Judy Heath Trees & Marbles2nd Peter Robinson Bath Time3rd Wolfram Borgis Funji Windup

Due to Rita’s accident we are down to 4 members butwe are still going.

Circle 9 Any type of print

Secretary: John Pratt

Folio 145

1st Helena Armstrong Yes’ I’m a Giraffe (mono)

2nd Jenny Davidson Sunrise South Coast3rd Peter Hunter Red, White abd Blue

Folio 1461st Martin Finsel Hopper at Singapore

Botanic Gardens2nd John Pratt Hokitika Sunset3rd Peter Hunter Orange Slice with Drip

The Circle is delighted to welcome Athol Blake to itsnumber. For the first time in years we are up to 9 members.May your stay be happy and fulfilling, Athol.

Circle 26 - Commercial /Home Processed

Small Colour Prints

Secretary - Helen Mackenzie

Folio 341

1st Elaine Stokman Drive to Stay Alive2nd Jean Trollope After It3rd Linda Robinson Too Many People are

HomelessFolio 342

1st Colin Barnes Caught Off Guard2nd Elaine Stokman Pink & Pretty3rd Ingrid Taylor Tennis Anyone

Folio 3431st George Phelps Storm Brewing

Helen Mackenzie Through the Window2nd Elaine Stokman Pride & Joy

Martin Finzel Busker in Melbourne3rd Ingrid Taylor Tai O Fishing

Charles Le Fevre Storm ApproachingFolio 344

1st Linda Robinson Rose Tea AnyoneJean Trollope Sienna

2nd Martin Finzel Take Away3rd Ingrid Taylor The Queen’s Hamlet

Excellent work coming through the folios, with onlya fraction between place getters. In particular Folio 343, thefirst 3 placings, plus 6th with equal results. Well doneeveryone!

With regret I have had to accept George Phelps’resignation from the circle as well as from APPS, due tohealth restrictions. We will certainly miss George’s qualityof work and his subtle humour from Circle 26. George hadbeen with APPS and 026 since September, 2000, withFolio 179, so a very good innings and effort. We wish youall the best George in your ventures.

Circle 2 - 10” x 8” B & W Print

Secretary - Keith Smith

Folio 7491st Peter Robinson Home Time Kids2nd Tony Lockerbie Tide Patterns3rd Jim Thyer Old Stables

Folio 7501st Keith Smith Rail Mishap2nd Alan Morcom Bool Logoon3rd Tony Lockerbie In The Dog House

Point Score Peter Robinson 6 Tony Lockerbie 5Jim Thyer 1 Alan Morcom 2 Keith Smith 4

Circle 6 - General Colour Slides

Secretary - Don Estell

Folio 6321st James Heriot Stephanie 32nd Dawn Patterson Early Morning3rd Judy Heath Mono Lake Morning

Folio 6331st Colin Barnes Forms of Life2nd David Cooper Water Lilies3rd Judy Heath Skeletons Dancing

Folio 6341st Craig Homberg Rescue2nd David Cooper Beer Barrel Beach3rd Colin Barnes Standing Proud

Folio 6351st James Heriot Old Fashioned Girl2nd Dawn Patterson Sand Patterns3rd Judy Heath Didgeridoo Man

Folio 6361st Craig Homberg Sunrise on Lake Mournpou2nd James Heriot Chambers Pillar3rd Judy Heath Three Bears

Unfortunately Dawn Patterson has decided to leaveus. Craig Homberg has taken over as circle secretary.

General Secretary’s Report


A.P.P.S. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

PRESIDENT: Jim Thyer,

6 Beach Close, Point Lonsdale, Vic., 3225 03 5258 3213

e-mail: [email protected]

GENERAL SECRETARY: Jenny Davidson,

6 Yackerboon Place, Orange, NSW, 2800 02 6361 2792


TREASURER: Colin Barnes,

9 Old Beecroft Road, Cheltenham, NSW, 2119 02 9876 1118


DIVISIONAL SECRETARY: Rita England,

East Street, Ulamambri, NSW, 2357 02 6842 7846

EDITOR - “THE LENS”: Graeme Collins,

24 Church Street, Quirindi, NSW, 2343 02 6746 1147


STATIONERY OFFICER & CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS:

Keith Smith,

10 Owl Place, Ingleburn, NSW, 2565 02 9605 1164


COMPETITION SECRETARY: John North,

HISTORIAN: John Pratt,

16 Oakfield Ave., Clarence Park, SA, 5034 08 8371 1934


PUBLICITY OFFICER:

EVERY MEMBERWEBMASTER: Wal Phelps,

PO Box 2A, Fairfield Heights, NSW, 2165 02 9604 3542

www.australianpps.wordpress.com

Hi Everyone,

Christmas and New Year have come and gone, I hopeyou all had a great time catching up with family and friends.Perhaps some of you got some nice camera gear from Santa.I didn’t ask for any this year - I can’t carry the things Ialready have.

APPS is still working well and we still have somevery committed members keeping the folios going andoperating the society, we may not be gaining lots of newmembers but we do seem to have happy members, if youwould like to see us do things differently or would like tohave some input into the society, please get in touch withone of the executive.

There seems to be some changes happening in thephotographic industry, we now have small light mirrorlesscameras with 35mm sensors, the major manufacturers areproducing more DSLR’s with full frame sensors, I wonderhow long the APS-C sensor format will last.

Just when we thought the race for the mostmegapixels was over Canon have just announced a 50megapixel camera - this is a bit of catch up with Nikon’s 36megapixel announced in 2012.

I am not sure just why we need this high resolutionbut it seems there are buyers out there needing these largeimages.

Of course there are flow on effects that will add tothe cost of owning one of these ‘big boys’ you will needlarger memory cards, larger hard drives to store the images,faster computers and some pretty high quality lenses to getthe most out of the new sensors.

For those of us using imaging software, we are nowbeing pushed into the ‘cloud’ software it doesn’t appear thatAdobe will go back to releasing Photoshop software ondisks anymore.

I do wonder if they consider those of us who don’thave access to fast broadband internet. Photoshop Elementsis still released on disk and it has come a long way.

I advise my students not to rush into Photoshop butto try the more affordable Elements option - the mostfrustrating part of this is that while Elements has many ofthe features that photographers need they are not found inthe same menus as Photoshop so you have to learn all overagain when you go from Elements to Photoshop.

We really are at the mercy of the big companies,guess it happens with everything it is frightening how themulti nationals control everything, petrol, insurance, food

and drinks, they have tried to introduce Chemists inSupermarkets and here in NSW also wanted to take over thesale of lottery tickets etc.

In APPS we still send around a lot of prints, this isgood to see as so many images are entered into digitalcompetitions and never end up printed.

As I have said before, as technology changes unlesswe keep updating all our old media we will no longer haveaccess to our saved digital files. We will always have prints,recent printers have long lasting inks and pigments and ifstored properly prints should last many generations.

Book printing has also become popular, I usually useBlurb to print my books but recently Vista Print offered 64page A4 books at $19.95.

At first I thought this was too good to be true anddidn’t think any more about it then one of our club membersbrought in a book he had produced and it was great, I spenta lot of hours compiling my images from over the last fewyears, I only did images that I had used in folios,competitions and ones that had been received well and Iliked.

I did 6 books of 64 pages and including postage itcost me about $120 but I now have hard cover books thatare great quality, unfortunately the offer ends at the end ofFebruary but I will be looking out for the next time theyadvertise.

Happy SnappingJennyD

Circle 14 - Any Type of Print - Natural Visual LayersSecretary - Margaret Gilet

Folio 190

1st Margaret Gilet Neptune's Treasures2nd Una Brown Layers of Rock3rd Wayne Taylor Sandstone" Judy Heath Kalbarri Sunset

Folio 191

1st Margaret Gilet Fruit Bowl and Candle2nd Una Brown Water Dragon Profile3rd Autumn Time Lex Baguley

Unfortunately, due to pressure of work, Lex has hadto retire from the circle. We will miss his great variety ofimages and wish him all the best in his busy life. Hopefullyhe will be able to return some time in the future. We willalways be happy to welcome him back.



Amelia by James Heriot - Circle 6, Folio 626

From Hunt’sMesa by JudyHeath - Circle7, Folio 647

Top slide inCircle

Church Pews by Elaine Stokman -Circle 26, Folio 332

“The Lens” Tutorial by Jenny Davidson Create a Double Exposure using Photoshop


We used to be able to create a double exposure by not winding the film on and taking another image over the image

we had already exposed, some digital cameras have a double exposure feature but if your camera doesn’t allow double

exposures you can easily create one in Photoshop using the Screen Blending Mode.

I have two images, one of Mikaela who was part of a model shoot at TAFE she had her face painted. The other is a

Snow Pea bush I took on a field trip to Mt Canobolas.

I have cutMikaela out ofthe background.

Completed Image

Layer mask

Click here to add mask

1. Open a new Photoshop document. I have made mine A4

with a transparent background and rotated it to Landscape format

2. Open your base image and copy it to your new document

3. Open your second image in this case my pea flowers and

paste them to a new layer above the base image

4. Change the blending mode of this layer to screen

5. You will now be able to see the layer below

6. Put a layer mask on your top layer and with a soft edge black

brush at 50% opacity paint on the mask over the face to reveal some

of the features.

Mountain Hut by Helen Mackenzie - Circle 26, Folio 335 Top print in Circle

Lake Reflections by Una Brown - Circle 14, Folio 175

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